Achadh an Tobair

The Irish name Achadh an Tobair literally means 'Field of the Well,' reflecting the landscape features characteristic of this area near Tallaght. Springfield encompasses part of a region with one of Ireland's most significant early Christian monastic legacies. Tallaght Monastery was founded in 769 AD by Saint Máel Ruain, a reformist leader of the Culdee movement emphasizing strict asceticism an...